Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini

Prime Minister of Swaziland (1942-2018)

Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini (15 May 1942 – 28 September 2018) was a Swazi politician. He was Prime Minister of Eswatini, from 1996 to 2003 and again from October 2008 to September 2018. He was also an executive director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).[1]


Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini
Dlamini at CHOGM 2011
8th Prime Minister of Eswatini
In office
23 October 2008 – 4 September 2018
MonarchMswati III
Preceded byBheki Dlamini (Acting)
Succeeded byVincent Mhlanga (Acting)
In office
26 July 1996 – 29 September 2003
MonarchMswati III
Preceded bySishayi Nxumalo (Acting)
Succeeded byPaul Shabangu (Acting)
Personal details
Born(1942-05-15)15 May 1942
Died28 September 2018 (aged 76)
Political partyIndependent
Spouse(s)Jane Gezephi Matsebula (1970–2012)
Joy Nonjabulo Gladness Maziya (2014–2016)
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin,
Madison

University of South Africa
New York University

In 2017, Dlamini was admitted to an ICU in April 2018 in Mbabane.[2]

Dlamini died September 28, 2018, less than a month after stepping down as Prime Minister at age 76.[3]

References

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  1. "Swaziland appoint Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini as prime minister", The Independent (UK), 27 July 1996.
  2. "PM Sick, Admitted to ICU". Times Of Swaziland. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  3. "Prime Minister Dlamini of eSwatini dies". Yahoo News. Archived from the original on 1 October 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2018..